Battle of Belchite (1809)
1809 battle during the Peninsular War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about a battle in the Peninsular War. For the battle in the Spanish Civil War, see Battle of Belchite (1937).
The Battle of Belchite on 18 June 1809 saw a Franco-Polish corps led by Louis Gabriel Suchet fight a small Spanish army under Joaquín Blake y Joyes. Suchet's force won the battle when a lucky hit detonated a large part of the Spanish ammunition supply. The ensuing blast provoked Blake's soldiers into a panicky flight from the battlefield.[2] The action was fought during the Peninsular War, part of the Napoleonic Wars. Belchite is located 40 kilometres (25 mi) southeast of Zaragoza.
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Battle of Belchite | |||||||
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Part of the Peninsular War | |||||||
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French Empire Duchy of Warsaw | Kingdom of Spain | ||||||
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Louis Suchet | Joaquín Blake | ||||||
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13,000[1] | 12,000[1] | ||||||
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200[1] | 2,000[1] |
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